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'Jurassic World' Review: The Park Is Open and Full of Dumb Peoplehttp://wfnt.com/jurassic-world-review/
http://wfnt.com/jurassic-world-review/#commentsWed, 10 Jun 2015 12:57:32 +0000Matt Singerhttp://screencrush.com/?p=251958Continue reading…]]>When all you care about is money, bad things happen. That’s the message of Jurassic World, where greedy theme-park executives hoping to spike attendance engineer the “Indominus Rex,” a genetically-modified dinosaur that immediately turns on its creators and runs amok. Designed as a cautionary tale about the dangers of building a meaner, badder monster purely for the sake of profits, Jurassic World works equally well as a cautionary tale about doing the same thing in movies. All of the rationalizations provided by Jurassic World’s employees — “Consumers want them bigger, louder, more teeth.” “Somebody’s gotta make sure this company has a future!” — could have been taken directly out of the mouths of the studio executives who approved this gene splice of a reboot and a sequel. Their creation — the Indominus or the movie, there’s basically no difference — is as advertised; huge, mean, and visually striking. But this experiment is not without consequences.

]]>http://wfnt.com/richard-attenborough-dead-90/feed/0UniversalPaleontologist Who Worked on 'Jurassic Park' Wants to Hatch a Real Dinosaurhttp://wfnt.com/paleontologist-jurassic-park-real-dinosaur/
http://wfnt.com/paleontologist-jurassic-park-real-dinosaur/#commentsThu, 29 Dec 2011 21:32:12 +0000Danny Gallagherhttp://tsminteractive.com/?p=68162Continue reading…]]>Extracting DNA from fossilized amber to create a living breathing dinosaur might sound like the work of science fiction, but one paleontologist wants to do it.